Study it in the app““Listen to me, you who pursue righteousness, who seek YHWH: look to the rock from which you were hewn, and to the hollow of the quarry from which you were dug.”
“Listen to me,שִׁמְעוּ אֵלַיyou who pursueרֹדְפֵיrighteousness,צֶדֶקwho seekמְבַקְשֵׁיYHWH:יְהוָהlookהַבִּיטוּto the rockאֶל צוּרfrom which you were hewn,חֻצַּבְתֶּםand to the hollowוְאֶל מַקֶּבֶתof the quarryבּוֹרfrom which you were dug.נֻקַּרְתֶּם
listen
To pay close attention, or heed a plea.
Where else “shimu” appearsseek
To pursue something eagerly, like peace.
Where else “rodfe” appearsrighteousness
Living uprightly before God.
Where else “tsedek” appearsseek
To go after someone or something in order to find it.
Where else “mevakshe” appearsYHWH
The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.
Where else “yehva” appearslook
Look intently, gaze; regard, pay attention to.
Where else “habitu” appearsrock
A large rock.
Where else “tsur” appearshew
To shape rock, or carve wells or tombs in it.
Where else “chutsavtem” appearshollow
The hollow left in the rock when stones are cut out of it: a quarry.
Where else “makevet” appearscistern
A hole dug to hold water.
Where else “bor” appearsgouge out, bore
Bore through, dig out; said of the eyes, gouge them out.
Where else “nukartem” appears1 · This verse (above)
2Look to Abraham your father, and to Sarah who gave birth to you; for when he was one I called him, and I blessed him and multiplied him.”
